Connection
China Gate is a film of genre Action directed by Rajkumar Santoshi with Samir Soni
China Gate (1998)
If you like this film, let us know!
Add to a movie listDirected by Rajkumar Santoshi
Rating64%
China Gate is a 1998 Bollywood film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. It is a "humble tribute to the late Akira Kurosawa", crediting Seven Samurai (1954) as its inspiration and starred Samir Soni in his film debut. It was partly influenced by Ramesh Sippy's Sholay (1975).
The film is famous for the song "Chamma Chamma", sung by Alka Yagnik, composed by Anu Malik, and featuring Urmila Matondkar dancing to it. The song was subsequently used in Baz Luhrmann's Hollywood musical film, Moulin Rouge! (2001). The role played by Mukesh Tiwari as cruel Jageera was well appreciated.
Synopsis
The story begins with Col. Krishnakant and his ten men who were sacked from the Indian army as they failed in the China Gate mission. After witnessing the brutal slaying of her Forest Officer father, Sunder Rajan, at the hands of dreaded dacoit Jageera, Sandhya goes to Col. and asks for his assistance in bringing an end to Jageera's rule in the Devdurg region. Krishnakant agrees to assist her and summons ten of his fellow officers and subordinates to assist him in this mission. They assemble at Devdurg with the necessary ammunitions and arms to combat Jageera, not realizing that Jageera has influence over the local police detachment, who will prevent Krishnakant and his men to possess any guns and weapons. This does not deter the men, and they continue to stay on in Devdurg and gain the confidence of the villagers. What the villagers do not know that Krishnakant and his men had all been dishonorably discharged from the army for cowardice and retreating when attacked by the enemy.Actors
Samir Soni
(Udanshu Tandon)
Om Puri
(Col. Krishnakant Puri)
Amrish Puri
(Col. Kewal Krishan Puri)
Naseeruddin Shah
(Maj. Sarfaraz Khan)
Danny Denzongpa
(Maj. Ranjir Singh Gurung)
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to China Gate
There are 593 films with the same actors, 16 films with the same director, 24204 with the same cinematographic genres (including 352 with exactly the same 3 genres than China Gate), 6745 films with the same themes (including 536 films with the same 3 themes than China Gate), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked China Gate, you will probably like those similar films :
Barsaat (1995)
Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Bobby Deol, Twinkle Khanna, Raj Babbar, Mukesh Khanna, Danny Denzongpa, Harish Patel
Rating56%
Badal (Bobby Deol) is a naive but intelligent young man who comes from a small village to the big city. He is introduced to city life by Damru (Harish Patel) who calls himself Danny. When Badal attends college, he meets pretty and precocious Tina Oberoi (Twinkle Khanna) and, after a few misunderstanding and misadventures, they fall in love.
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009)
, 2h41Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Upen Patel, Salman Khan, Darshan Jariwala, Smita Jaykar
Rating63%
Prem (Ranbir Kapoor) is a free-loader who, while helping his friend elope, meets Jenny (Katrina Kaif). They both share the trait of developing a stammer when they are emotional. In such a moment, the stammering Jenny induces a spontaneous stammer in Prem, which she misunderstands for mockery. Although this makes her dislike Prem initially, when she finds out his stammer is authentic, the two become friends.
Khakee (2004)
, 2h54Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Origin Inde
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films, Bollywood
Actors Akshay Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Aishwarya Rai, Prakash Raj, Kamlesh Sawant
Rating73%
Maharashtra Police seizes a large quantity of arms from a house in the communal riot torn town of Chandangarh. The house belongs to Dr. Iqbal Ansari (Atul Kulkarni), a Muslim doctor. The police conclude that he is an agent for ISI, and is responsible for engineering the riots. Ansari is arrested as per Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002 and is set to be presented before a special court in Mumbai. However, the convoy of police vehicles transporting Ansari from Chandangarh is ambushed by an unknown group. The police team somehow manages to secure him, but suffers heavy casualties. The unknown group, presumed to be terrorists, seems determined to free Ansari from the government's custody.
Lajja (2001)
, 3h22Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Manisha Koirala, Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Mahima Chaudhry, Madhuri Dixit, Rekha
Rating65%
Vaidehi (Manisha Koirala) lives with her husband Raghu (Jackie Shroff). On the outside, she lives a sophisticated life, but behind closed doors, her husband is abusive and has extramarital affairs. When she takes a stand for herself, she is banished from the household. She goes back to her parents' house but they too reject her. Vaidehi soon finds out that she is pregnant.
Aakrosh (1980)
, 2h24Directed by Govind Nihalani
Origin Inde
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Politique, Films about racism, Musical films, Political films, Bollywood
Actors Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil, Amrish Puri, Om Puri, Mohan Agashe, Reema Lagoo
Rating78%
Allegedly based on a true incident reported on page 7 of a local newspaper, the film was a scathing satire on the corruption in the judicial system and the victimization of the underprivileged by the able and the powerful.
Kuch Naa Kaho (2003)
, 2h56Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, Rohan Sippy
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Arbaaz Khan, Satish Shah, Himani Shivpuri, Jaspal Bhatti
Rating54%
Happy American bachelor Raj (Abhishek Bachchan) reluctantly attends his cousin's wedding in Mumbai where he finds himself pushed towards marriage by his overzealous uncle (Satish Shah). His uncle's employee, Namrata (Aishwarya Rai), begrudgingly chaperones Raj on a series of set-ups that he deliberately sabotages. Eventually on one of these dates, Raj watches Namrata dancing and realises he loves her. He finally gets the strength to tell her, but to his surprise he discovers she has a 9- or 10-year-old son, Aditya, and is already married.
Andaz Apna Apna (1994)
, 2h40Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Raveena Tandon, Karisma Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Shakti Kapoor
Rating79%
It's a story of two men competing for the hand of an heiress get drawn into love – and into trying to save her from an evil criminal. Amar (Aamir Khan) and Prem (Salman Khan) are two daydreamers with a common aim: getting rich by marrying a rich heiress, Raveena Bajaj (Raveena Tandon), daughter of Ram Gopal Bajaj (Paresh Rawal). The guys run into each other on a bus and soon realise that they have a common goal. The duo fail at various attempts to woo the lady.
Pukar (2000)
Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Romance
Actors Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Namrata Shirodkar, Danny Denzongpa, Om Puri, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Rating66%
Major Jaidev Rajvansh (Anil Kapoor) and his fellow officer manage to rescue a leading politician as well as capture his kidnapper, Abhrush (Danny Denzongpa). The terrorist has been wanted for years and he is finally captured by the two officers. Jai returns to a joyous welcome and is declared a national hero. He takes a break from the army and returns to his hometown. There he meets his childhood friend Anjali (Madhuri Dixit) who has always harboured love for Jai. Anjali wants to make most of Jai's holiday and tries to get close to him and spend time with him as much as she can.
Maqbool (2003)
, 2h12Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Bollywood, Gangster films, Films about royalty
Actors Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Pankaj Kapur, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Masumeh Makhija
Rating79%
The film is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth and with Mumbai underworld as its backdrop. Maqbool (Irrfan Khan) is the right-hand man of Jahangir Khan (alias Abba Ji) (Pankaj Kapoor), a powerful underworld don. Maqbool is grateful and feels a close connection and personal indebtedness to Abba Ji. The movie gains pace with two corrupt police-men (played by Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah) predicting that Maqbool would soon take over the reins of the Mumbai Underworld from Abba Ji. These two thus play a role akin to the three witches in the original play.
Karan Arjun (1995)
, 2h56Directed by Rakesh Roshan
Origin Inde
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Action
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Rakhee Gulzar, Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Amrish Puri, Kajol, Mamta Kulkarni
Rating67%
Durga Singh (Raakhee) is a poor woman raising her two beloved sons Karan (Salman Khan) and Arjun (Shahrukh Khan). Her sons give her bangles, which she says she shall give to the women they marry. Later, when the Munim of an aging Thakur comes to talk to Durga, Karan and Arjun learn that their father is dead. Durga reveals that their father was the Thakur's son, who had married her against his father's wishes. Durjan Singh(Amrish Puri), a Relative of Thakur, killed Durga's husband to prevent him, Durga, or their sons from inheriting the Thakur's estate. Karan and Arjun learn from her that the dying Thakur wants to give his estate to his grandchildren before dying as it is their birthright.